[ale] Group permissions

[Byron A Jeff]

> 
> 
> Redhat 6.2 system....
> 
> This is the ls -l for /aux1:
> 
> total 28
> drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root        16384 Jan 19 12:02 lost+found
> drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root         4096 Feb  1 16:13 pgsql
> drwxrwxr-x    2 cjritter radio        4096 Feb  5 12:35 radio
> drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root         4096 Jan 25 10:11 sql
> 
> The directory radio is owned by user cjritter, and group radio.  The group
> radio contains users cjritter, glasher, nova.  I set up, and see, rwx
> privs for the owner, and rwx privs for the group.  nova is also in group
> nova, glasher in group glasher, and cjritter in groups cjritter and
> glasher.  I can do this:
> 
> [cjritter at hermes radio]$ touch this
> 
> ...but I can't do this:
> 
> [glasher at hermes radio]$ touch this
> touch: this: Permission denied
> 
> Why?

Because you're initially bound to group users.

> 
> My intention is to set up a group readable/writable directory
> (semi-public) for collaborative work.
> 
> Any advice?

Yes. take a look at the newgrp command. It'll let you change your group so that
you can do the required activity.

BAJ
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